1982 WGBH footage of Powderhouse and Davis Squares

[dfan.livejournal.com]

Does anyone here go back that far? Some great stuff here. Davis Square proper begins at around the 9:40 mark.

(For whatever reason, the video didn't play in Firefox for me but did in Chrome.)

Powderhouse and Davis Squares

Comments

[glassonion]

Thanks for sharing; that's very cool. (Why don't we still have a basketball hoop in Powderhouse Park...? :>)

[somergirl80.livejournal.com]

I wish so badly that Somerville today was what it was back then. Mostly Bostonian born families with a mix of other countries. It's just a city that has been ruined.

Thank you for posting this. It's nice to remember when Somerville was a great place to be!

[somergirl80.livejournal.com]

Replying to myself, haha! I very much miss FFC. I loved that they had those large tables they had everything on. I miss the McDonalds that had the playroom the kids loved and Steve's was the best!

[rmd.livejournal.com]

There's still a lot of areas of Somerville with that demographic. Also, a lot of folks - myself included - who don't think the city sucks. Sorry that you do!

[teko.livejournal.com]

Davis Square has a lot of Tufts students, but also a great number of Bostonian born families with a mix of other countries. It hasn't been "ruined" (by, what, the T?).

[jesseh.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you're talking about Barneys (and would probably consider my family to be that), but "Bostonian born families"? When I was growing up in Somerville in the 80s, it felt like most kids my age had immigrant parents and/or grandparents.

[jesseh.livejournal.com]

(I also miss that McDonald's! And birthday parties in the basement room with orange drink.)

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

More proof that the two things residents of XYZ location can't stand are:
Change
The way things are.

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

I've been trying since last night to figure out the right way to let you know how insulting that comment is, and it took a while, but I realized that you must be entirely aware of that.

Thanks so much,
JB - 12 year resident of Davis Sq.